Peter's Travel Blog

Today, after three bouncy, gruelling days at sea, persistently battling against a head-wind and a barrage of mad, incoming Atlantic storms, we finally arrived at the first of our Canary Islands. The captain had hoped to get us in by 9am, but the prevailing winds and swell meant we didn’t arrive until 12 noon. The knock-on effect of that was...

Last night, at around 11.30pm, we finally left Santander. The captain warned us that the going would be rocky, and boy, he wasn’t kidding… Throughout the long night we bounced and crashed our way through the waves, heading in a Westerly direction. At one point (the wee hours), we put on the cabin TV to check the live navigation chart,...

With the weather turning a bit manky, we chose to stay on board for what we’re hoping will be our final day in Santander; I have lots of catching up do anyway. I think it’s probably fair to say that most folks are all Santander-ed-out. If everything goes according to plan, we should be leaving the port at 2am tomorrow...

It’s been day three of our extended stay in Santander. Having walked all over the city for the last two days, we decided a change of scenery would be in order, so we booked ourselves on one of the organised tours. Our tour was to Santilla del Mar, a medieval town situated roughly 22 miles west of Santander. The drive...

It’s day two of our unexpected, extended stay in Santander, on the Northern coast of Spain, where we have taken refuge from the barrage of violent storms currently raging the Bay of Biscay and the Northern Atlantic. Several excursions have been laid on for guests. We decided to go for another walk. Using Maps.Me, we identified another park in the...